Hot Take: Flexi-work guidelines have us debating if workers or bosses win, but what we really need is more workplace trust
After spending all of 2023 circling each other like two rival boxers in a ring, it seems the two opposing sentiments are finally coming to a head — and Tuesday’s announcement may have just rung the bell.Members of the public poured into the stadium to place their bets, alternating between hollering support and huffing displeasure.
Even if this comes out to something, said some, such a move will still be “unfair”. After all, not everyone would be able to benefit from such flexibility, including service and frontline workers. Equality fails again.Another camp of spectators threw their support behind the move. It may not be much, they said, but at the very least, it’s a step forward for better worker welfare in Singapore.
Many also said that opening up such requests could be a step towards addressing other chronic issues in Singapore — for instance, nudging the nation’s minimum annual leave requirement up from the current seven days.At first glance, the new guidelines seem like a classic case of splitting the baby. As the saying goes: “No one is very happy, which means it’s a good compromise.”
So maybe the real point we’re all missing is this: What does it say about Singapore work culture that this door wasn’t already open to begin with?
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